[pgkdan]

Good Morning from VA Beach. It's going to be a very interesting day. Winds are up and it's rained most of the night. Expected to get worse as the morning wears on. I'm kind of surprised at the storm surge that we're expecting on the bay and oceanfront, but the good news is that the storm seems to have slowed so the we'lll miss a surge at high tide.

Everyone expects to see alot of trees come down, I lost mine to Bertha but my neighbor has several tall pines that I'm warily eying. There was a large tree that came down last night in the Lake Smith area...ony a 15-20 mph wind at the time. Crap.

BTW, has anyone seem Mike Seidel on TWC? He's in VA Beach and his body language is hilarious. I expect to see him blow away!

[NautiNurse]

FNC has a guy on VA Beach. Someone said, "Is that an anemometer in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" It really was a wind gauge.

My experience is that pine trees weather these storms much better than hardwoods.

[Gabz]

Good morning.

We haven't had any rain yet in northern Accomac county - but the wind has steadily been increasing since last night and the sky is not looking very friendly this morning.

I haven't looked at TWC yet this morning. In an effort to maintain a little bit of peace in this house at least for a little while - I have permitted the 5yo to watch her shows on the TV I would normally have it on.

Since hubby left for work at 7 I have broken up 2 fights between the child and the puppy, 1 between the old dog and the puppy and twice had dealt with a temper tantrum when the 5yo was denied icecream. It's going to be a LOOOOOOOOOOONG weekend.